1993 World Rally Championship

The 1993 World Rally Championship was the 21st season of the FIA World Rally Championship. The season consisted of 13 rallies. Juha Kankkunen won his fourth drivers' world championship in a Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD, ahead of François Delecour and Didier Auriol. The manufacturers' title was won by Toyota, ahead of Ford and Subaru.

1993 World Rally Championship

World Drivers' Champion:
Juha Kankkunen
World Manufacturers' Champion:
Toyota

Previous

1992

Next

1994

The 1993 World Rally Champions; Juha Kankkunen's Toyota Celica GT-Four ST185.

Lancia dropped the Martini Racing works team, while the Lancia Delta continued through privateers Jolly Club and Astra Racing.

Regulation changes

• For the first time, all rounds of the championship counted towards both drivers' and manufacturers' championships.
• Each manufacturer had to register a team and nominate the drivers 30 days before each event to score points for the manufacturers' championship.

Calendar

Rd.	Start date	Finish date	Rally	Rally headquarters	Surface	Stages	Distance
1	23 January	27 January	61st Rallye Automobile Monte-Carlo	Monte Carlo	Mixed	22	593.62 km
2	12 February	14 February	42nd International Swedish Rally	Karlstad, Värmland County	Snow	28	519.63 km
3	3 March	6 March	27th Rallye de Portugal - Vinho do Porto	Estoril, Lisbon	Mixed	38	576.13 km
4	8 April	12 April	41st Trust Bank Safari Rally	Nairobi	Gravel	28	2116.50 km
5	2 May	4 May	37th Tour de Corse - Rallye de France	Ajaccio, Corsica	Tarmac	24	556.42 km
6	30 May	1 June	40th Acropolis Rally	Athens	Gravel	36	545.39 km
7	14 July	17 July	13th Rally YPF Argentina	Carlos Paz, Córdoba	Gravel	25	507.13 km
8	5 August	8 August	24th Rothmans Rally New Zealand	Manukau, Auckland	Gravel	36	562.74 km
9	27 August	29 August	43rd 1000 Lakes Rally	Jyväskylä, Central Finland	Gravel	35	507.53 km
10	18 September	21 September	6th Telecom Rally Australia	Perth, Western Australia	Gravel	34	550.72 km
11	11 October	13 October	35th Rallye Sanremo - Rallye d'Italia	Sanremo, Liguria	Tarmac	28	548.90 km
12	2 November	4 November	29th Rallye Catalunya - Costa Brava - Rallye de España	Lloret de Mar, Catalonia	Tarmac	29	513.60 km
13	21 November	24 November	49th Network Q RAC Rally	Birmingham, West Midlands	Gravel	35	547.94 km
Sources:[1][2]

Teams and drivers

Manufacturer entries

Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	Driver	Co-Driver	Rounds
Jolly Club	Lancia	Delta HF Integrale	M	Carlos Sainz	Luis Moya	1, 3, 5–8, 10–11
			P			12
			M	Andrea Aghini	Sauro Farnocchia	1, 3
			P			5–6, 11
				Gustavo Trelles	Jorge Del Buono	6–8, 12
				Dario Cerrato	Luciano Guizzardi	11
Astra Racing			P	Tommi Mäkinen	Seppo Harjanne	2, 6, 9
				Alessandro Fiorio	Vittorio Brambilla	3, 6, 11–12
				Jorge Recalde	Martin Christie	3
Toyota Castrol Team	Toyota	Celica Turbo 4WD (ST185)	M	Didier Auriol	Bernard Occelli	1–2, 4–7, 9–10
				Juha Kankkunen	Juha Piironen	1–2, 4, 6
					Nicky Grist	7–8, 10, 12–13
					Denis Giraudet	9
				Mats Jonsson	Lars Bäckman	2, 13
		Celica GT-4 (ST165)		'Gullabo'	Ingemar Algerstedt	2
		Celica Turbo 4WD (ST185)		Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	4
				Ian Duncan	David Williamson	4
				Yasuhiro Iwase	Sudhir Vinayak	4
				François Chatriot	Denis Giraudet	5
				Yves Loubet	Didier Breton	5
				Hannu Mikkola	Arne Hertz	9
Ford Motor Co. Ltd.	Ford	Escort RS Cosworth	M	Miki Biasion	Tiziano Siviero	1, 3, 5–8, 10–12
				François Delecour	Daniel Grataloup	1, 3, 5–6, 8, 10–13
				Mikael Ericsson	Christina Thörner	2
				Sebastian Lindholm	Timo Hantunen	2
				Malcolm Wilson	Bryan Thomas	2, 9
				Fernando Peres	Ricardo Caldeira	3
				Carlos Menem jr.	Victor Zucchini	7
555 Subaru WRT	Subaru	Legacy RS	M	Colin McRae	Derek Ringer	2–3, 5–6, 8, 10, 13
		Vivio Sedan 4WD	B			4
		Impreza 555	M			13
		Legacy RS		Hannu Mikkola	Bruno Berglund	2
				Per Eklund	Johnny Johansson	2
				Markku Alén	Ilkka Kivimäki	3
		Impreza 555				9
		Vivio Sedan 4WD	B	Patrick Njiru	Rick Mathews	4
				Masashi Ishida	Mohammed Verjee	4
		Legacy RS	M	Ari Vatanen	Bruno Berglund	6, 8, 10
		Impreza 555				9, 13
		Legacy RS		Peter 'Possum' Bourne	Rodger Freeth	8, 10
			P	Piero Liatti	Alessandro Alessandrini	11
				Richard Burns	Robert Reid	13
				Alister McRae	David Senior	13
Mitsubishi Ralliart	Mitsubishi	Lancer Evo I	M	Armin Schwarz	Nicky Grist	1, 3, 6, 9
					Peter Thul	13
				Kenneth Eriksson	Staffan Parmander	1, 3, 6, 9, 13
		Galant VR-4 (Grp. N)	M	Jarmo Kytölehto	Arto Kapanen	2, 9
				Stig-Olov Walfridsson	Gunnar Barth	2
				Kenneth Bäcklund	Tord Andersson	2
		Lancer Evo I	Y	Kenjiro Shinozuka	Pentti Kuukkala	4
			?	Ross Dunkerton	Fred Gocentas	8, 10

Non Manufacturer Entries

Major entries not registered as manufacturers
Team	Manufacturer	Car	Tyre	Drivers	Co-drivers	Rounds
Škoda Motorsport	Škoda	Favorit 136 L	M	Pavel Sibera	Petr Gross	1–3, 5, 9, 11–13
				Emil Triner	Jiří Klíma	1–3, 5, 9, 11–13
				Vladimír Berger	Martin Hruška	13
				Mick Smith	Nick Middleton	13
Opel Team Belgium	Opel	Astra GSi 16V	M	Bruno Thiry	Stéphane Prévot	1–3, 9, 11–12
Opel Team Sweden			?	Per Svan	Johan Olsson	2
Opel Team España			M	Josep María Bardolet	Joaquim Muntada	12
				Luis Climent	José Antonio Muñoz	12
Opel Team Sweden		Calibra Turbo 4x4	P	Stig Blomqvist	Benny Melander	2
Opel Dealer Team Holland			M	Erwin Doctor	Theo Badenberg	12
Scuderia Chicco d'Oro	Ford	Sierra RS Cosworth 4x4	P	Olivier Burri	Christophe Hofmann	1
Rodamsport			M	José Miguel	António Manuel	3
Helle Motorsport		Escort RS Cosworth	?	Holger Helle	Karsten Richardt	1
Yacco			M	Bernard Béguin	Jean-Paul Chiaroni	5
Brian Stokes			M	Brian Stokes	Jeff Judd	8
Ford Team Finland			M	Sebastian Lindholm	Timo Hantunen	9, 13
Ford Italia			P	Gianfranco Cunico	Stefano Evangelisti	11
Bastos Ford Credit			P	Patrick Snijers	Dany Colebunders	11
Michelin Pilot Team Ford			M	Malcolm Wilson	Bryan Thomas	13
				Robbie Head	Campbell Roy	13
Automobiles Citroën	Citroën	ZX 16V	M	Patrick Magaud	Guylène Brun	1
		AX GTI		Christine Driano	Marie-Christine Lallement	1, 3, 5–8, 11
Skepptuna MK		BX GTI 16S	?	Magnus Gustavsson	Kenneth Göransson	2
Axergie		AX GTI	M	Adruzilo Lopes	Luís Lisboa	3
Peugeot Sport	Peugeot	309 GTI 16	M	Jean-Pierre Ballet	Jean-Pierre Dupont	1
		106 XSi		Gilles Panizzi	Hervé Panizzi	5
				Christian Bruzi	Jean-Jacques Pages	5
Peugeot Team Italia			M	Angelo Medeghini	Paolo Cecchini	11
				Paolo Andreucci	Paolo Amati	11
Peugeot Talbot Sport			M	Oriol Gómez	Marc Martí	12
		309 GTI 16	D	Mark Lawn	Steve Harris	13
SMS AG Revo Ingenieure	Audi	Coupé S2	P	Sepp Haider	Klaus Wendel	2, 8, 10
Stohl Racing			M	Rudolf Stohl	Peter Diekmann	4, 6–7
		90 Quattro		Manfred Stohl	Kay Gerlach	4, 7
Q8 Team Mazda Dealer	Mazda	323 GT-R	M	'Nalle'	Anders Olsson	2
Wessman Rally Sport			?	Håkan Eriksson	Jan Svanström	2
Allport Motorsport			?	Neil Allport	Jim Robb	8
KNA Oslo	Toyota	Toyota Celica GT-4 (ST165)	B	Birger Gundersen	Petter Vegel	2
Top Wheels			?	Jonathan Toroitich	Ibrahim Choge	4
Billy Rautenbach			?	Billy Rautenbach	Surinder Thatthi	4
Marcus Grönholm		Celica Turbo 4WD (ST185)	M	Marcus Grönholm	Voitto Silander	9
Vännäs MK			M	Thomas Rådström	Anders Dawidson	9
Toyota Team Australia			?	Neal Bates	Coral Taylor	10
Duriforte Construções	Lancia	Delta HF Integrale	P	Jorge Bica	João Sena	3
Konstantinos Apostolou			M	Konstantinos Apostolou	Mihalis Kriadis	6
Nikos Tsadaris			?	Nikos Tsadaris	Elias Kafaoglou	6
H.F. Grifone SRL			M	Piero Longhi	Flavio Zanella	11
				Gilberto Pianezzola	Loris Roggia	11, 13
Večerník Praha			P	Ladislav Křeček	Jan Krečman	11
Renault Galp	Renault	Clio 1.8 16V	M	José Carlos Macedo	Miguel Borges	3
Société Diac		Clio Williams	M	Alain Oreille	Jean-Marc Andrié	5
				Jean Ragnotti	Gilles Thimonier	5
				Serge Jordan	Jack Boyère	5
				Claude Balesi	Jean-Paul Cirindini	5
"Leonidas"			M	"Leonidas"	Maria Pavli-Korre	6
Gabriel Raies		18 GTX	?	Gabriel Raies	Jose Maria Volta	7
Juan Pablo Raies			?	Juan Pablo Raies	Rodolfo Amelio Ortiz	7
Ryce Motors Ltd.	Daihatsu	Charade	D	Marco Brighetti	Abdul Sidi	4
				Guy Jack	Des Page-Morris	4
				Ashok Pattni	Zahid Mogul	4
Azar Anwar	Subaru	Legacy RS	?	Azar Anwar	Shailen Shah	4
Frédéric Dor			P	Frédéric Dor	Philippe Viale	5
Joe McAndrew			P	Joe McAndrew	Bob Haldane	8
Kaliber			D	Kenny McKinstry	Robbie Philpott	12
Chemigas Limited	Volkswagen	Golf II GTi 16V	?	Sammy Aslam	Farakh Yusuf	4
Shell Helix Motor Oils			D	Jimmy McRae	Chris Wood	13
Autostal Duindistel	Nissan	Sunny GTI-R	?	Gaby Goudezeune	Filip De Pelsemaeker	6
Nissan Belgium Rally Team		Sunny GTi	P	Grégoire de Mevius	Willy Lux	13
Autovaz Rally	Lada	Samara 21083	?	Sergey Alyasov	Aleksandr Levitan	6, 9, 13
				Vladislav Shtykov	Yuriy Baykov	6
				Aleksandr Nikonenko	Sergey Talantsev	6, 9
				Aleksandr Artemenko	Viktor Timkovskiy	8–9, 13
José Ceccheto	Fiat	Regatta	?	José Ceccheto	Justo Carrera	7
Carlos Malarczuk				Carlos Malarczuk	Jorge Gonzalez	7
Mitsubishi Ralliart Finland	Mitsubishi	Galant VR-4	Y	Lasse Lampi	Pentti Kuukkala	9
Blue Rose Team			?	Mika Sohlberg	Risto Mannisenmäki	9
Indonesia Rally Team			?	Tony Hardianto	Teddy Kurnadi	10
				Ledi Kurnadi	Raphael Arioseno	10
MIT Motorsport	Honda	Civic SiR	?	John Buffum	Steve Greenhill	10
Suzuki Sport	Suzuki	Swift GTi MK2	?	Nobuhiro Tajima	Ross Runnalls	10
Team Suzuki Malaysia				Russell Palmer	Brian Harwood	10
Vauxhall Motorsport	Vauxhall	Astra GSI 16V	M	David Llewellin	Ian Grindrod	13
				Mark Higgins	Mike Corner	13

Results and standings

Drivers' championship

Pos. Driver MON SWE POR KEN FRA GRE ARG NZL FIN AUS ITA ESP GBR  Pts  1 Juha Kankkunen (5) 2 1 Ret 1 5 1 1 3 1 135 2 François Delecour 2 1 1 Ret 2 3 Ret 1 4 112 3 Didier Auriol 1 Ret 2 Ret 3 3 3 Ret 2 6 92 4 Miki Biasion 3 2 7 1 2 Ret Ret Ret 4 76 5 Colin McRae 3 7 Ret 4 Ret 1 6 Ret 50 6 Kenneth Eriksson 4 5 Ret 5 2 41 7 Ari Vatanen Ret Ret 2 2 5 38 8 Carlos Sainz 14 Ret 4 2 Ret 4 Ret Ret Ret 35 9 Gustavo Trelles 5 4 7 6 28 10 Tommi Mäkinen 4 6 4 26 11 Markku Alén 4 2 Ret 25 12 Armin Schwarz 6 Ret 3 9 8 23 13 Mats Jonsson 1 9 22 14 Andrea Aghini Ret 3 Ret 4 Ret 22 15 Gianfranco Cunico 1 20 16 Alex Fiorio 6 7 Ret 5 18 17 Bruno Thiry 8 10 Ret Ret 18 5 7 16 18 Patrick Snijers 2 15 19= Ian Duncan 3 12 19= François Chatriot 3 12 19= Gilberto Pianezzola 3 Ret 12 19= Malcolm Wilson Ret Ret 3 12 23 Sepp Haider 7 Ret 5 12 24= Yasuhiro Iwase 4 10 24= Ross Dunkerton Ret 4 10 24= Piero Liatti 4 10 27= Björn 'Nalle' Johansson 5 8 27= Guy Jack 5 8 27= Carlos Menem, Jr. Ret 5 8 30 Rudolf Stohl 8 Ret 7 7 31= Per Eklund 6 6 31= Ashok Pattni 6 6 31= Bernard Béguin 6 6 31= Mohammed Ben Sulayem Ret Ret Ret 6 17 Ret 6 31= Peter 'Possum' Bourne 6 Ret 6 31= Sebastian Lindholm 6 Ret 6 31= Renato Travaglia 6 6 38= Olivier Burri 7 4 38= Marco Brighetti 7 4 38= Hannu Mikkola Ret 7 4 38= Ed Ordynski 7 4 38= Andrea Dallavilla Ret 7 4 38= Richard Burns 7 4 44 Alex Fassina 9 10 11 10 14 4 45= Kenneth Bäcklund 8 3 45= Jorge Bica 8 3 45= Jean Ragnotti 8 3 45= Konstantinos Apostolou 8 3 45= António Coutinho 12 15 8 15 Ret 3 45= Neil Allport 8 3 45= Lasse Lampi 8 3 45= Neal Bates 8 3 45= Angelo Medeghini 8 3 45= Luís Climent 8 3 55= Christophe Spiliotis 9 Ret 2 55= Jarmo Kytölehto 9 11 2 55= Hasmat Shamji 9 2 55= Alain Oreille 9 2 55= Níkos Tsadaris 9 2 55= Gabriel Raies 9 2 55= Joe McAndrew 9 2 55= Kiyoshi Inoue 9 2 55= Freddy Loix 9 2 55= Josep María Bardolet 9 2 65= Jean-Baptiste Serpaggi 10 Ret 1 65= Per Svan 10 1 65= Manfred Stohl 10 12 1 65= Giovanni Manfrinato 10 Ret 1 65= José Ceccheto 10 1 65= Yoshio Fujimoto 10 Ret 1 65= Marcus Grönholm 10 1 65= David Officer 10 1 65= Oriol Gómez 10 1 65= Alister McRae Ret 10 1 Pos. Driver MON SWE POR KEN FRA GRE ARG NZL FIN AUS ITA ESP GBR  Pts

Key Colour Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green Points finish Blue Non-points finish Non-classified finish (NC) Purple Did not finish (Ret) Black Excluded (EX) Disqualified (DSQ) White Did not start (DNS) Cancelled (C) Blank Withdrew entry from the event (WD)

Pos. Manufacturer MON SWE POR KEN FRA GRE ARG NZL FIN AUS ITA ESP GBR Points 1 Toyota 1 1 1 2 1 (3) 1 1 1 157 2 Ford 2 1 1 1 2 2 (3) 1 3 145 3 Subaru 3 4 5 1 2 2 5 5 112 4 Mitsubishi 4 8 5 3 5 4 2 86 5 Lancia 3 4 2 4 4 6 75 Pos. Manufacturer MON SWE POR KEN FRA GRE ARG NZL FIN AUS ITA ESP GBR Points

Events

1993 World Rally Championship event map

Black = Tarmac	Brown = Gravel	Blue = Ice/Snow	Red = Mixed Surface

1993 World Rally Championship schedule and results

Rally Name	Dates run	Podium Drivers (Finishing Time)	Podium Cars
Rallye Monte Carlo	21 January–27 January	Didier Auriol (6h:13m:43s) François Delecour (6h:13m:58s) Miki Biasion (6h:16m:59s)	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Ford Escort RS Cosworth Ford Escort RS Cosworth
Swedish Rally	12 February–14 February	Mats Jonsson (4h:49m:05s) Juha Kankkunen (4h:49m:18s) Colin McRae (4h:49m:33s)	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Subaru Legacy RS
Rallye de Portugal	3 March–6 March	François Delecour (6h:20m:37s) Miki Biasion (6h:21m:32s) Andrea Aghini (6h:23m:17s)	Ford Escort RS Cosworth Ford Escort RS Cosworth Lancia Delta HF Integrale
Safari Rally	8 April–12 April	Juha Kankkunen (+3m:54s penalties) Markku Alén (+4m:03s penalties) Ian Duncan (+5m:24s penalties)	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
Tour de Corse	2 May–4 May	François Delecour (6h:14m:41s) Didier Auriol (6h:15m:43s) François Chatriot (6h:17m:23s)	Ford Escort RS Cosworth Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
Acropolis Rally	30 May–1 June	Miki Biasion (6h:54m:35s) Carlos Sainz (6h:55m:48s) Armin Schwarz (6h:57m:19s)	Ford Escort RS Cosworth Lancia Delta HF Integrale Mitsubishi Lancer RS
Rally Argentina	14 July–17 July	Juha Kankkunen (5h:32m:31s) Miki Biasion (5h:34m:25s) Didier Auriol (5h:49m:29s)	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Ford Escort RS Cosworth Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
Rally New Zealand	5 August–8 August	Colin McRae (6h:12m:31s) François Delecour (6h:12m:58s) Didier Auriol (6h:13m:00s)	Subaru Legacy RS Ford Escort RS Cosworth Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
1000 Lakes Rally	27 August–29 August	Juha Kankkunen (4h:23m:51s) Ari Vatanen (4h:24m:38s) Didier Auriol (4h:26m:01s)	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Subaru Impreza 555 Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
Rally Australia	18 September–21 September	Juha Kankkunen (5h:19m:58s) Ari Vatanen (5h:25m:50s) François Delecour (5h:43m:42s)	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Subaru Legacy RS Ford Escort RS Cosworth
Rallye Sanremo	11 October–13 October	Gianfranco Cunico (6h:19m:40s) Patrick Snijers (6h:21m:18s) Gilberto Pianezzola (6h:30m:08s)	Ford Escort RS Cosworth Ford Escort RS Cosworth Lancia Delta HF Integrale
Rally Catalunya	2 November–4 November	François Delecour (5h:36m:19s) Didier Auriol (5h:37m:19s) Juha Kankkunen (5h:40m:28s)	Ford Escort RS Cosworth Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD
RAC Rally	21 November–24 November	Juha Kankkunen (6h:25m:48s) Kenneth Eriksson (6h:27m:32s) Malcolm Wilson (6h:30m:51s)	Toyota Celica Turbo 4WD Mitsubishi Lancer RS Ford Escort RS Cosworth